Nuclear AND chemical weapon Peace or Destruction

Let us start with a story- It is the story of Sadako sasaki-. It was August 6, 1945. She was a Japanese girl,
only 2 years old when a nucleur bomb was thrown on Hiroshima. She was blown from the window of his
house, her mother started finding her and at last finded her alive. In November, 1954 she developed swelling
on her neck and behind her ears. In January, 1955 purple spots had formed on her legs. She was taken to
hospital in 21 February, 1954 and was diagnosed with Leukemia. In Hospital his best friend Chizako
Hamamito came and cut a gold piece of paper into a square and folds it into a paper crane because of an
ancient Japanese story that promises that anyone who folds a thousand origami cranes will be given a wish by
God. But she folded only 644 cranes before her death not because she cannot get time but because she cannot
get paper. Lastly, she died on the morning of October 25, 1955 at the age of 12.

Lets go back a little bit earlier,

The world is in fury that exists due to the existence of Atomic Bomb or nucleur weapons. DO
your mind raise the question of how, what and how it was invented. It first lay its foundation in Manhattan
Project just before the beginning of the second world war in 1939, when there is a competition between
Germany and USA- Einstein wrote a letter to Roosevelt to develop Nuclear weapons otherwise Germany
creates them first, for this Roosevelt on June 28, 1941 signed executive order 8807 with vinevar Bush as its
Director. A team work under Enrico Fermi on December 2, 1944 first successfully testified nucleur chain
reactions. The most important material for making Atom Bomb was Uranium 235. Early designs were like
Uranium gun type but after July, 1944 the bulk of research was focused on Plutonium designs. The first test
was conclude on 7 may 1945and named as the Gadget. TO end the second war on August 6 and 9 colonel
paul tibbets departed Tinian with the bomb, dubbed little boy on a Japanese city Hiroshima and Fat man on
Nagasaki respectively which brought a complete devastation in both the places in particular and over all
Japan in General.

Slowly every country to make themselves powerful started developing nuclear weapons A number of
countries successfully testified Nuclear weapons one after the another USA, Soviet Union( Russia), UK,
France, People Republic of China, India, Pakistan, North Korea and Israel.

With the advancement of Nuclear weapons in more and more countries there grew the fear of devastation in
the whole world. So steps were made towards limitation of both the proliferation of Nuclear weapon and
towards environmental effects of nuclear technology. In 1957, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
under UN was formed to encourage development of peaceful Application for Nuclear Technology. In 1963,
Partial Test Ban Treaty (PTBT) in 1968 Non Proliferation Treaty (NPT) in 1996, Comprehensive Test Ban
Treaty (CTBT) These are certain steps made by Nuclear countries to limit their nuclear weapons,

CTBT It is not in operation because it requires ratification by 44 specific states before it came into force, in
2012 also the ratification of 8 more states is still required.

One nuclear Bomb can take the life of huge number of people, among everything this put most
serious and dangerous effect on Environment and human health. India though a Nuclear Weapon is not a
member of any of the Treaty because it believe that a country to protect itself from foreign attack should have
a minimum nuclear deterrence.
 Through this we can easily conclude that Nuclear weapon if uses for peaceful purpose are a helpful
object but if got in the wrong hands can create a devastating situation, more devastating than even natural
calamity.

United States has captured every country in Middle East except Iran only because it posses nuclear weapons
an even after signing NPT, it always remain as an advantaged position as the one and only powerful nation in
the world and a permanent member of the United Nation Security Council. For US it seems that there is no
restriction on anything.

Now, we came in the age of Chemical and Biological Attacks. A very common and recent example of Syria
chemical weapon attack is even harsher than nuclear attack. Report says that On August 21, The Government
of Syria has used chemical weapon against the civilians in its capital Damascus Ghouta Area in which 1429
people were killed and among which 426 were children. It was seen that in the chemical weapon a poisonous
chemical named Sarin was used. Sarin is an extremely toxic substance and was classified as weapons of mass
destruction by the United Nations according to UN Resolution 687, and its production was stockpiling was
outlawed by the Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993. When it expose to vapour then it can cause loss of
consciousness, convulsions, generalized twitching, flaccid paralysis, lapses in breathing, generalized
secretions, involuntary defection ( In case of Severe Exposure).

Chemical Weapons Convention is an arms control treaty which outlaws the production, stockpiling and use
of chemical weapons signed on 13 June 1993 and became effective from 29th April 1997 with 165 signatories
and 189 parties to this treaty. Recently Syria for its act was forced to submit its chemical weapons to the
organization for the prohibition of Chemical Weapons. There are also other countries like Egypt, North Korea,
and South Sudan who are not party to this treaty.

There are 17,300 nuclear weapons in the world across nine countries headed by Russia and United States.
According to a data US spend 20$ billion a year on its nuclear arsenals. Even India and Pakistan are also
nuclear power. India become nuclear power in 1997 and in 1998 Pakistan also copied India and successfully
test fired its nuclear power.

Nuclear power which can be rename as Destruction, Many have affiliated nuclear weapons as deserving
credit for keeping the peace during Cold war and times beyond till now. They were seen as positive
contributors to establish a peaceful and just world. A nuclear weapon country is always remaining in an
advantaged position. No other country, dare to go against it as there will always remain a sort of fear of the
nuclear power. That is the main reason no other country ever tries to go against United States of America
because everyone knew that they will not declare war by cavalry, armed force, military force, air force but just
simply, within a few seconds put a bomb then the situation will just like Hiroshima and Nagasaki. USA
though it signed and ratified the Non Proliferation Treaty but still it doesnt take the provision of that treaty
seriously but always imposed restrictions on other countries to prepare Nuclear power. India always
considered USA as its big brother, not because of respect but because of Fear and the assurance that if
tomorrow any other country attacked India, USA will surely help India. The relationship between India and
USA became bitter when Atal Behari Vajpayee instead of thinking about USA successfully test fired Nuclear
weapon and declared India a Nuclear country. India not a signatory to the NPT, because it considered that
treaty as partial and making a clear distinction between the have and have nots.

India got a new stand in the world politics after being a nuclear power country. India decided to be a
nuclear power not to attack other countries but he considered that in todays nuclear age if one country wants
to be safe and secure he should posses Nuclear powers.
 From the above discussion it can be concluded that Nuclear power can be considered as means of peace and
at the same time for destruction. It is dependent upon the country that how it uses it Like USA or like India?
USA always attempts to create a fear of terror on the basis of his nuclear power. Recently Edward Snowden
has released the information that USA has secretly taping information of others country and also hacking
information from the Face book Account. But no other country dares to ask questions regarding this matter to
USA inspite of severe case of violations. When USA imposed restriction on the entry of Snowden into the
boundary of his country no other country came forward to give asylum to Snowden. Latter Russia approves to
take that step. But all this simply shows that it is totally because of fear of USA Nuclear power. USA has
always misused its powers. It posses Nuclear power not to stop terror but to create terror.

India, a peace loving country always opposes war has become a Nuclear power only because Everyone
considered a Nuclear power country is powerful and nobody tries to attack it. But in case anyone does that
Indians apply the formula of Tit for Tat.

Natural disasters are terrifying that loss of control, this feeling that something is just going to
randomly end your life for absolutely no reason is terrifying. But what scares me is the human reaction
to it and how people behave when the rules of civility and society are obliterated Eli Roth.

PAYAL AGARWAL